Bridal-Quest Epics in Medieval Germany. A Revisionary Approach (Hardcover, New)

Konig Rother, Salman und Morolf, the Munchner Oswald and Grauer Rock (otherwise known as Orendel) have had a troubled position in the literary history of medieval Germany. Forced into a normative generic framework as either 'Minstrel Epic' (Spielmannsepik) or 'Bridal-quest Epic' (Brautwerbungsepik), these texts have been viewed conventionally according to an essentially teleological classification or a schematic ideal. Bowden challenges the premises of such a view with a detailed history of the textual scholarship, and revaluates these so called 'Bridal quests' on their own terms, offering detailed and suggestive readings of each work without the distortions or limitations inherent in the traditional interpretative model. Sarah Bowden is Powys Roberts Research Fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

General

Imprint:	Modern Humanities Research Association
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Bithell Series of Dissertations, 40
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	April 2012
Authors:	Sarah Bowden
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-907322-46-4
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-907322-46-9
Barcode:	9781907322464

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